hey guys thanks in advance for any help or tips. okay so i have two separate grow tents. a 1k hps for flowering and ive always vegged under an 8 bulb T5.
I'm always trying to improve so i picked up a 400 watt switchable ballast with an air cooled hood.
I used the 400watt hps for a few days before i got a new mh bulb. the hps worked perfect but i wanted more of a veg bulb.
when i got the new 400mh it was bright for about 5 seconds then went dim about 1/3 of how bright it should be. so i tried a new bulb same thing..
so basically the hps portion of the ballast works perfect but the metal halide does not.
which seems odd to me. I'm thinking something failed in the ballast.. is there any pieces that the metal halide uses that the hps doesn't?
any help or prior experiences will be highly appreciated since Id preferred to fix it rather than buy a new one
I'm always trying to improve so i picked up a 400 watt switchable ballast with an air cooled hood.
I used the 400watt hps for a few days before i got a new mh bulb. the hps worked perfect but i wanted more of a veg bulb.
when i got the new 400mh it was bright for about 5 seconds then went dim about 1/3 of how bright it should be. so i tried a new bulb same thing..
so basically the hps portion of the ballast works perfect but the metal halide does not.
which seems odd to me. I'm thinking something failed in the ballast.. is there any pieces that the metal halide uses that the hps doesn't?
any help or prior experiences will be highly appreciated since Id preferred to fix it rather than buy a new one